Montour American.
k'AMK, C. ANGLE. Proprietor.
i»a«%llle. I'a., Sept. 20, I'Xki.
Itl'lH Itl.liAN SI \ll : . IICKCT
For Governor,
EHWIKS STLART ..» Philadelphia. '
I or I.urutenant (iovernor,
R« iREKT S Ml RIMIY, ol Cambria
l «r ~r Cieneral,
tHMBKT K Y< M Ml dtTioga
i or V\rrlar> ot Internal Affairs.
HEN RY M< >l» K of 14.0win..11.
MkFi HI IC AN NIN lie KB I. I
I or Congress,
E. \V SAM I "EE.
l or President Judge,
( H\i;i,i:si EVANS.
I or \>s«K.iate Judge,
< HAKI.I> A WAG NEK
i
I or Representative,
RALPH KISNEI:
l : ur .Sheriff,
li i WILLIAMS,
tor Jury Commissioner,
HENRY KERN.
SII HIT AND IBS TOUR
Schedule For the i-irst Two Weeks
ot th ■ K<• iMibli in
SHfi P TO Li IECT THE ORATORS
"tlncle Jo.-' C.-.rron and Other# of PrwineilM
PrwineilM to Speak In
Pennsylvania.
(flpedal Omtm pmiaaMw]
Philrvl. iptua. Jept- mber 18. !
K1 h S stua.t. tho Republican
•nniii..'-' fui . • r;:o:, and his col- j
I.m ... itiflr— (Ma tick
tt. will .Tart « it Ihw week upon their
tour ot the ■ • I muk- their ,
tamal «p •• • <f th<> trip at Centre
H •... Cttti \« i. TIUUU lay. Sep-
Ui. lc . - .. a icrui'Y» picnic. They (
ai* st hedui' -l togo to Bellefoate the
Wine aa\ an 1 MMf«M th«> voters of
Uiui through
11. »'i 21. they will
h . | mm .... «h- MMh| at
Ckailield. hi .. r>- will bu an after
noon ai* • . ;:.t following day. Sat
urday. ■ nr L'l! .n 1/ick Haven,
CUatnn eantjr, and In the evening
tbe> 'lll . ■ aat William-port. Ly- '
coning county.
A in'- ti in the afternoon at Se
Üburou' -'nv'lT county, will open
th. » ««ti - ;;uJna \lo;,day. SepTeni
fcer 24 and on th* evening of the
unn day th* goveinor-to-ba and hi*
colleague* will address a meftlng In
Shamokln Northumberland county.
On Tii"*«a.) P»j/t»i»b« 2J, they will j
be in MtDtßur City In the afternoon,
and in Pottsville in th* evpnlna
There will be a tn-eUng to Wells
l»«ro Tmaa county on the evening 9f
Wednesday. September 21. and on
Thursday. September 27. the candi
date* *'lll *p«ak in the afteraooa at '
If. flaiethport McKeaa county, and In
the >*T«»ntng at Bradford, MoKeau
eouaty
Tlo*eeta. Foretsi county, will be vis
its on the afternoon of Friday, 9«p
ternb'T Hand on th* «vt»nlng of th«
•an.* day th* spellbinder? will address
a ni'-etinK in Warren county.
An afternoon mooting In Corry, Erie
eeunt-i will h«* held on Saturday, Sep
tember i*, iiid on th* evening of the
hba da> there will be a grand rally
In ErU>
Great Dpm«nd For Stuart.
Th*r«< *a* a «reat demand upon
Chairman Andrew!!, of th* Republican
state committee for meetings to be
addr*««<-<1 t . Candidate Stuart and
aa tar a- p iblc an effort wa? mad«'
to meet r-t «r> r»-jponnldo request for
•uch neetingo
Colonel Andrews ha* announced th»
appotntrmnt of Colonel Daniel R
Shepf a of (Governor Penny
pa'k*r'c atafT to b» chlof of the bu
reau of speakers for the Republican
•tat«> '"otnmltte* Colon»*l Phepp ha«
mn(i\ frt»-nd» throutthont fh<> state,
and It Is predicted that he will onlint
mam of th« best orators of the R<*puh
Uran party in this and other states In
th« canpe of Republicanism In Penn
•ylvanla
"Joe" Cannon l« nnto' roth
ers that Colon* 1 Phcpp Is ronfl '• nt ! •
wtll ha veto sj). «k for th" whol • Hr
yahlltan MM in Thl« stnt fhl i fa!!
C»»lon* , l Sh» pp he>. h»"-n in < o:nißunl
catlon with Chairman rman. of tl ( «
lUpa bliran National C<pii:;rti:ilonal
Coßnlttee and ha« b*<n advised that
a auKber of natlohal ..elebrltlcs will be
saatgp''# te sp.'ak In this state Ro
aahttcaii-i realize that t-he skirmish
ef tfce n«xt' pr«'«id»niial campaign Is
now point; on
Th® loyally >.f |< >, .ii• ans *v»ry
where muft ai>p«-:i|r ( | to. thHt they
»hail not mi*!»>d l.y th" cry for fu
sion rari lM.it ■ w - l> tlio declarations
that ther» i no nHTlonul Rl>rnlflran>'P
te tha «-an> ass in this -'ate this f«P.
Finar) and hip supporters are busv
with arrun.*nt' thai thl_« Is simply a
lo«al fl<ht but Tvlcn fJarrnsns. tho
Ouff*y» tls> f' -nnnllys srd the Ryaos
et al ro over to New York and tell
Hryan whet th»v ar.' roally doing In
Pennsylvania It Is time that Republi
tan«> ali alone th" line si ould awaken
to th» true situation and rally around
the banner of F iwln H Btuart:, thHr
aoniin."' fot governor, and have Penn
sylvania piv* a ringing answer to tho
Kr\*n presidential boomers with a tre
m« ndous n nibll' sn and It<>o9«yftlt
maj.nlty In -November
Thnl \\ nt IIIIT«*r« k ii(.
1.Hii.11.-li I will l«t tills excellent
room t reilut-.l r:it.-s Itemise there
Is a v.'. . in \t «l..i>r wlio plnya ilie
|< > 11> \ |.|>li. unt < Hi, that
won't n •.\ .liffcnuuv! The room
U f..r ■} 1..-Ihere, sad he la d.-itf.
Land I:l.t\ Alt In tluit case I must
charK" tin* full prioe!
VintiKf'rnuM.
"Woubl j «ii llk<- t>. -<•«» my n<|tinrla?"
ask.sl fh<> nntr.rnlNf.
"Wen if Im"a ••• ui.'iy ehitoii i
iiilirht. t.iit I'm <o afraid of wild
IwhM-i." rcpli.nl the visitor
NVutraU ar.' n.mis»hl from above and
®*lo;h»| from Ivhur to-rman l*r_-verh
"WV- "S_ O
\ BETH'S :
! BUTLER !
S Ry Thomas Nesbit v
( riifht, b) I! W. ('aid well ?
. "Well," sui.l Mrs. Martinc disconso-
I lately, "1 kucsh that wc shall havo to
put them oft' again."
"Rut we can't," objected her hus-
Itund. "We have put them off twice. ;
If I don't land htm pretty soon I can
whistle for the fuii.ls."
"Rut tlicy know the servant question,"
she pleaded, "an.l I simply can't have
I them In the house with only one serv- ,
ant to look after things."
"They have boarded ever since tbey j
were married," he said gentle "They
have an apartment In the St. James
I the year round. They will simply think
that It is an excuse, and I'll lose the
| chance of pulling off the biggest deal
I of uiy career."
"1 can help. Hella," broke in l?t;th. "I
can get up a splendid dinner."
"But they've seen you In town," la
mented Mrs. Martlne. "I could never
trust Maggie in the .lining room with
1 company around."
"Well, it's some comfort that we can
! have a good dinner, anyway," declared
Jack Martlne, kissing his sister. "I
j know I'.eth can g.-t us up a dinner that
1 will lie a credit to the house."
"Rut she can't get a butler," walled
his wife. "What's the use of a good
| dinner it' it isn't served right?"
"iH'lla, you're a chronic grumbler,"
laughed I'.. lb "Let .lack stop In some
j where In town and get a man sent out.
lie knows a lot of good places and one
of them will spare him a waiter."
| Mrs. Martlne brightened up. "Per
haps that will do," she answered. "We
will hope for the best anyway."
Martlne kissed his wife and dashed
for the train. It was the last of a
J series of happenings that had operated
to hold oft' the dinner to the Proscotta.
It' Jack could get Mr. Prescott Inter
ested In the flotation of his company It
j "IT'S not MONEY I'M looking fob," he
EXPI.ATNEK.
meatit great tilings. If the dinner were
delayed again there was danger that
the whole thing might fall through.
The only way to approach Prescott
! was through a dinner, and a home din
i ner at that. The Preseotts had lived
In hotels al! their lives because they
were so seldom long In one place.
Their permanent quarters In the
j fashionable hotel they regarded as
home, but they were more often in
j London or Paris, or else up the Nile or
some other queer place, and it was a
saying that one argument after a home
I dinner was worth a hundred In an
I office where Sydney Prescott was con
cerned.
It seemed a simple matter to Jack to
borrow a waiter from the restaurant
where he lunched to take the place of
the butler, who had left the day be
fore, but th.* head waiter shook his
head. There were three big banquets
that nlnlit. Every waiter In town had
been engaged weeks before.
Yet for all of that a quiet faced Eng
) lishiuan presented himself at the Mar
tiues' that afternoon and went to work
with a quiet skill that made Mrs. Mar
tlne almost want to hug him.
To Beth he seemed like a godsend.
All day long she had been struggling
with the preparations for the dinner
with such awkward help as a green
servant could give. When Peters carne
into the kitchen and quietly took pos
session, it seemed as If the sun had
suddenly burst from behind the clouds.
The servant was set to work to
clean the silver, and he took charge of
everything, directing Beth with a quiet
respectfulness that Inspired confi
dence.
Long before the guc Is arrived things
were all ready and Peters had retired
to his room to get ready for the even
ing. Beth sat out on the back stoop to
cool her heated face and breathe a
sigh of relief that thlngß seemed to
promise so well.
liella ran out for a moment just be
fore train time to show herself ftn<l be
admired and lightly kissed the red lfps.
"Isn't Peters a gem V" she exulted.
"I never saw a man take hold so. If
It hud been bis own dinner be could
not have been more Interested."
"He's a dear," laughed Beth. "I
think we will have to get him to stay
somehow, even though b<- said he was
only le re fur the il. I almost think
I'd marry him t . k< t , him in the fain
to."
There was a discreet rough, and the
two women started apart. Peters bad
con e dounstalrs again and was stand
ing by the dresser. With a last kiss
I ». •I la ran off to welcome lier guests,
r ind presently .lack came Into tho
Vitchen to see that all was well
"I»..n't let things fall down," was his
parting Injunction to Beth. "If this
ileal goes through you shall have that
trip to Europe unless some one else
takes you there lirst."
check if you are thinking of Harvey, 1 "
she said spiritedly." "I wrote him yes
tenla.x that I never wanted to see bim
again."
"He's au awfully good chap," urged
Jack, who seemed to tin.! food foi
much laughter In her speech "I'll bet
y.Hi change your mind long."
"Never!"' she called iiiTi him as be
turned back to bis guests, and it was
with a high bead that sh. entered the
kitchen. Even now she was not alto
gether sure that she was glad that she
had sent that letter, but Ilarvej was
so Irritating. P.ut this was no time to
worry about Harvey, and she turned to
> her work.
"Thin.™ i.w.ir Roleiidlil Peters." she
, smiled as she entered the dining room
| and sav how perfectly the table was
\ ap|.'tinted. "1 think we shall have to
' get yon to stay on with us."
"1 think it could be done, ma'am,"
j was the respectful reply, "but my
! price is pretty high, ma'am."
1 "We paid Hawkins sixty," she said
I"Have you been getting more than
that 7"
"No, ma'am, but 1 should want more
here."
"Possibly my brother might make it
seventy live," she suggested. "If you
j think 'hat will do I will speak to him
' before \oll go."
"It's not money I'm looking for," h.
explained. "It's something else. You
! see, I'm a single man, ma'am."
"I don't see what that has to do
I with it," she said coldly, "unless you
j have fallen in love with Maggie. 1 be
! lievc slie is engaged to a policeman
in town."
"It was yourself, ma'am," was the
even response. "I heard you say as
how you'd marry me to keep me here."
Beth went white with anger, and for
a moment she wished inipotently that
she was a man that she might strike
Ibis fellow. She turned as It' to call
Ja. k, then she thought of the dinner
and all that depended upon it and with
an effort collected herself.
"You forget yourself, Peters," she
said coldly. "You had better announce
dinner."
Peters never stirred. "I'm not going
to do anything unless you promise to
marry me," he said doggedly. "You
know what this dinner means to your
brother. Now you may take your
choice."
She looked at the man curiously. He
was not intoxicated, nor did he seem to
be crazy, yet he stood there coolly mak
ing a proposal of marriage to her.
"Let me hear no more oft His." she
saiil severely. "Either announce din
ner or get out of here."
"I'll do neither," he said determined
ly, "unless you say 'Yes.' Won't you,
dear?" lie added, with a changed voice.
Beth gave a little shriek. "Harvey!"
she gasped.
"Precisely," he agreed. "Jack told
me his trouble, and I told him that I
would come out. Prescott knows me,
so 1 had to disguise myself, and I
thought I'd pay you back for that letter
too."
"Are you going to spoil it all now?"
sb<' pleaded.
"Not If you say 'Yes.'"
"Announce dinner, please."
"On those terms?"
"You brute!" said Beth, but some
how it did not sound as if she meant
it, and Harvey kissed her before he
went to summon the guests.
The <imt( Cocker.
Glancing through a pile of ancient
copy books and letter writers, one dim
ly realizes what an awful tiling it used
to be to compose and put upon paper
a thoroughly correct epistle. It was
not an affair to be lightly taken In
hand any more than matrimony. No,
not even if one had learned penman
ship from the immortal Cocker himself
In his house In "Paul's Churchyard, l«e
--twlxt the Signes of the Sugar I.oaf and
the Naked Boy and Shears." Cocker's
fame rests on his arithmetic, now ob
solete, but the worthy man, besides be
ing a ready reckoner, was also a
mighty penman. Doubtless many a
seventeenth century youth toiled along
with Inky lingers under Ills direction.
Ilearken to what the master says to
him: "Let not your breast lie on the
desk you write on or your nose on
the paper, but sit In as majestical a
posture as you can. With practice you
may do bra > e things." London Mall.
l.eiiKdi of Sentence*.
"The English sentence grows shorter
and shorter," says an essayist. "Spen
cer, Sir Thomas Moore, I.yle and Syd
ney used sentences of the average of
flfty-flvo words. Nowadays the sen
tences of the average journalist are
only fifteen words long. Bacon intro
duced the short sentence. At a time
when everybody else was using tifty
words he took to twenty two. Praise
be to Bacon. Macaulay used a very
short sentence. Its average length was
twenty three words. Dickens' average
was twenty eight. Thackeray's was
thirty-one. Matthew Arnold's sentences
are long, but beautifully balanced.
Tliey are thirty seveners. Henry
James' are longer and. though Intri
cate. are well worth puzzling out, for
in each of them a wonderful meaning
Is concealed. They are thirty itinera.
Kipling's sentences are twenty uiers.
George Moore's are tweiity-fourerj and
11. (I. Wells' are twenty-threers.
THE GAME OF CHESS.
FliiCNt Men till Oril lmiiMter the World
I lit n Ever JKnoft n.
When the Romans placed over tho
loor of the temple of Janus "Ex Ori-
Bnte Lux et I.udus Scaechorum" (Out
Df tho East Came Light and the Game
)f Chess) they spoke of the two great
est bequests that the storied east had
?ver made to the young and aggressive
west—the light of rellglou and the
greatest mental achievement of man
since he came through Eden's frown
ing portals.
In tho middle ages, when the monks
and abbots watched from afar the bru
tal soldiery of Christendom swooping
down like a pestilence on the sunny
plulus of the south, they chanted "A
furore Normanorum libera IIOS, O Dom
ino" (From the fury of the North
men deliver us, O God; and returned
to chess all that was left a noble soul
In a vain and turbulent world.
Chess Is the llnest mental drlllmaster
the world has ever known. As a mind
trainer It ranks above Greek and dia
lectics.
But, above all, It Is the science of bat
tle; It Is war without bloodshed; It Is
strife on equal terms, which all the
race loves and to which from tho crudle
to the grave all mortality Is subject.—
Charleston News and Courier.
11. > Hitd n«r>ii|i.'d Tliat.
A young disciple of Blaekstone who
had worked bis way through college
and taken a full course in the study of
law besides was making a trip through
the southwest In search of an eligible
location for the practice of his profes
sion A thrifty young city, with a
considerable body of water <>n one s de
of it and a forest on the other, attract i
ed his attention, and he decided to i
make a few days' stay there and in j
vestlgatc
"Putting up" at what seemed to be ;
tho best hotel, be ate his dinner, then
strolled into the office and proceeded
lu a careless way to interrogate the
clerk
"There Is a good deal of business
done In this town, Isn't there?" he
asked
"Yes, sir," answered the young man.
"In one way and another there's a
good Jag of business going on here "
■'Healthy place, isn't It V"
"Middling."
"is there much litigation here?"
"No, I haven't heard of any cases of |
that, but there's n lot of chills an'
fever arid occasionally a pretty bad
cabo of the grip."
AN ORDINANCE.
Authorizing, requiring and pro
v iding for the grading, paving
and macadamizing of that por
tion of Mill street in the lior
ough of Danville, Montour
County, Pennsylvania, from the
northern building line of Centre
street to a point where the
township of Mahoning forms
the northern boundary line of
the said liorough, and further
authorizing and empowering
the said Borough to contract
with the said State for such
purpose, also requiring the
owners of property fronting
011 such portion of suchs treet to
change the footwalks and to
set the curbs thereof so as to
conform thereto and prescrib
ing the penalty for such own.
er's failure or refusal so t»>
do, and for other purposes in
the premises.
WHEREAS tin Borough of Danville
through its Town Council, by proper
ordinance in such specific behalf duly
enacted, purposes to grade, pave and
macadamize that portion of Mill street
in the -aid Borough from the northern
building line of Center Street to a
point where the Township of Mahon
ing forms the northern boundary line
of the said Borough and to require the
owners of property fronting on such
portion of such street to change the
sidewalks and to set the curbs thereof
so as to conform thereto,
AND WHEREAS the said Borough
of Danville is about to enter into a
certain proposed contract with the said
State of Pennsylvania for such grad
ing. paving and macadamizing, at
such grade or grades, in such propor
tions or seitions, at such proportinate
joint expeuse and in accordance with
such maps, plans and specifications,
respectively as may be by them deter
mined upon in the respective premises,
ANI) WHEREAS the said Town
Council of the said Borough has al
ready given due and legal public not
ice of it- aforesaid purpose, has heard
all objections thereto at a place and
time fixed therein and therefor and
has also 111 all other resjiects fully
complied with the law preliminary to
the enactment of a legal ordinance in
the premises,
SECTION 1 Therefore, be it or
dained ;md enacted Ity the Chief Bur
gess and by the Town Council of the
Borough of Danville, in the County of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania,
in council assembled, and it is hereby
ordained and enacted by the authority
of the same That all of that certain
portion of M II street in the said Bor
ough of Danville, in the said County
of Montour and State of Pennsylvania
from the northern building line bf
('enter Street in the Third Ward of
the -aid Borough to that certain point
in tie -aid Strei t where the Township
of Mahoning in the said Countv forms
the northern boundary line of the said
Borough, including street and alley
intersections eastward and westward
to the eastern and western building
line- uf said Mill Street within the
limit- and termini aforesaid, through
out its entire width, be projierly grad
ed, paved with vitrified paving bricks
and macadamized, respectively, and
that the said Borough of Danville, by
and through its Chief Burgess and its
Secretary shall enter into a written
contract with the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania by and through its
State Highway (Commissioner and his
Chief Clerk, for the said Common
wealth of Pennsylvania to thus grade,
pave with vitrified brick anil macad
atnize, respectively all of that said
poitionof the-aid street at such grade
or grades, in such proportions or sec
tions, upon such foundation, at such
proportionate joint expense of the
said Borough and Commonwealth and
in accordance with such maps, plans
and specifications, respect ively, as
may by them, the said Borough and
()ommonwcalth be determined upon in
the respective premises.
SECTION That for the purpose
of further effectuating the aforesaid
purposes and completing the above de
scribed improvements, the respective
owner or owners of lot or lots of
ground, property 01 properties front
ing on the said portion of the said
street are hereby required solely at
their own individual and personal cost
and expense to widen, raise or de
press, grade, pave, repave and repair
the respective sidewalks in front of
such respective lot or lots of ground,
property or properties and to place,
replace, set, reset, construct, repair
and maintain the respective curbs at
the edge of such respective sidewalks
next to the said portion of the said
street with good, solid, hard fret
stone, and which said curbs for uni
formity of effect and utility of purpose
shall be precisely the same color and
kind of stone as that which is now
used for such purpose oil the improved
portion of the said street ; such curbs
shall also be five inches in thickness
at the top, at least twenty-four inches
in depth, at least four and one-half
feet in length per stone, shall be
smoothly dressed on the top and on
the outside therefrom at least eight
inches, shall be pitched off on the in
side to a neat line to a uniform depth
of three inches so as to permit the
adjacent sidewalk to fit lip closely to
such curbing and that all of sucli
curbing shall be firmly imbedded in a
concrete foundation of at least eight
inches in thickness, and shall be so
set, construct) d and maintained in all
; other respects as to strictly conform
with the curbing of the adjacent prop
cities as well as with the curbing of
the improved portion of the same
street., j
SUCTION That the standing
1 com in ittt c ot the said Town Council
on Streets and Bridges,in conju neti
with the Boro'ijdi Surveyor, shall pre
pare and furnish, subject to the adop
tion by the -aid Town Council and the
approval by the said Chief Burgess,
proper, detailed and complete plans
and specifieat ions with the necessary
grade for all such widening, raising,
or depressing, grading, paving, repav
j ing and repairing of such sidewalns
I and for the placing, replacing,sett ing,
resetting, construction, repairing and
J maintenance of such curb- rcspi ctively
SECTION 1 That the said Com
I mitt.ee on Streets and Bridges, in coil
junction with the Borough Surveyor
j and Street Commissioner of the said
Borough, and all of whom sha'l at all
! times be subject to tin direction and
control of said Town Council shall
! have full charge, direction and super
j vision of and over all such v. idening,
I raising or depressing, grading, paving,
i repairing and repaying of all sin h
| sidewalks as well as of all such plac
ing. replacing, setting, resetting, con
struction, repairing ami maiiiteuan>
;of all such curbs, respectivi lj
SECTION V That on the neglect or
refusal of such respective owner or
I owners of lot or lots of ground, prop-
I erty or properties to thus widen, raise
or depress, grade, pav>-, rcpavt and
I repair such respective sidewalks. or to
thus place, replace, set, iv.ci, , m
I struct, repair and maintain such re
j spectivo curbs in the matin r an !
with the materials herein before ju>
vided and reqnired, and to fully cim
ply with all other regulation.-, n
quircmeuts and duties in the premise
for a period of thirty days after such
maps, plans, specification.* and grade
tliereforo and a written notic rcipiii
ing such paving and curbing to be
thus done and performed shall have
been duly given to such respective
owner or owners of lot or lots of
ground, property or properties, then,
and in either of such events, the .-aid
Borough of Danville shall iinni« liat<
ly after the expiration of the aid per
iocl of thirty days cause all such wid
ening. raising or depressing, grading,
paving, repaying and repairing of all
such sidewalks as well as all such
placing, replacing, setting, re it ting,
constructing, repairing and mainte
nance of all such curbs, respectively
to be done performed and pro ided at
the sole, individual and personal cost
and expense of such defaulting owenr
or owners as aforesaid and that the
said Borough of Danville ,-liall collect
the cost thereof and ten per centum
additional, together with a'l charges
and expense from such defaulting
owner or owners, and sha'l file a mu
nicipal lien therefore against su< h lot
or lots of ground, property or proper
ties in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of Assembly in such specific
behalf made and provided.
SECTION »!. That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with
or contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed so far
as they relate to the above described
portion of Mill Street only
Approved the 18th. day of August,
A. P.. I one..
WILLIAM.) ROGERS,
(' 11 iof Bnrge ■
Attest
HAKKY B. PATTON,
Secretary of the Borough of Dam ;11<
ON CCLA i 3 BED.
U lint lli I II.JI s ill Sti i ;»* Which Sink
to •!.' Si (tori ii' Ihi* Sru.
W hat becona . tliat sink*
in midoccanV 1. . < 112 wood i* takes,
in the first place, eon -idernble time for
it t*» reach the I> >ll<>iii 111 a hundred
or more fathoms •»r -vater a quarter of
an hour will elapse In-fore the ship
reach -s IHIUOIH. It sinks slow ly, and
when flu- b iftiiiii is reached if falls
gently into the soft, oozy bed, with no
crash or breaking.
Of course if it is laden with pig Iron
'iv corresponding 'distances or If it is
in iron ship it sin'. • rapidly and some
times strikes the bottom with such
force as t ■ si ash in pieces. Once
fivnke; ; u sh.p I Mines the prey of the
countless Inhabitants of the ocean.
They swarm over and through the
great lioat and make It their home.
Besides this they cover every Inch of
the boat with a thick layer of lime.
This takes time, of course, and when
on • generation dies another continues
the work until finally the ship is so
laden with heavy incrustations, corals,
sponges and barnacles that if wood
the creaking timbers fall apart and
slowly but surely are absorbed in the
waste at the sea bottom.
Iron vessels are demolished more
quickly tilln those of wood, which
may Inst for centuries. The only met
als that withstand the chemical action
of the waves are gold and platinum,
and glass also seems unaffected. No
matter how long gold may be hidden
In the ocean, it will always be gold
when recovered, and this fact explains
the many romantic and adventurous
searches after hidden -mbmarine treas
ures lost In shipwrecks
Qnit? a inriety.
The fashionable girl had accepted
him and the young man was wende. ing
how far his !?:;« a week would go.
"You must remember that liie is nit
all golf and tennis," murmured he.
"Why, of eiurso It isn't." she re-
S p p." ' ! 'The ' l> Kiting and
coaching and I i-t<? - a ever so many
tl.in-S." 1.1 ■■■• 111* M'-Jouraal.
Kev. W. (t. Halt man, i urate of
Christ church, Williamsport, has .ac
cepted a call from the vestry of Trin
ity Episcopal church at Shainokin.
Kev. Hartman will enter upon his
duties at Shainokin on October Ist
Administratrix's Not ice.
Estate of Henry Bernheimer,deceas
ed, Late of the Borough of Danville,
Montour County, Penna
Notice is hereby given that li tters
of administration in the above named
estate have been granted to the under
signed and all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immedi
ate payment and (hose having claims
or demands to present-, them without
clay to
ANNA M BEItNIIEiM Lit,
Administratrix '
Ralph Kisncr, Attorney
Danville, Pa., Aug. ■!, f!»0»!
Administratrix's Notice.
Estate of Franklin P. Applcinan, late
of Valley Township Montour Conn
ty. State of Pennsylvania deo a •• I
Letters of admiuistration upon the
above estate have been granted to the
undersigned widow ot decedent
All persons indebted i" said estate I
are requested to make payment, and
all persons ha\ ing any legal claims or
demands upon said estate shall make
the same known without delay, to
MARA .1 A ITLEM AN
Administratrix.
or to her atty.
Charles V. Amerman.
THE INDISPENSABLE MAN.
%ii 10 ven I It; V »».«•«! Hi cit to Take a
Trip 11. Dnrspf,
lie \\ a »! of l! • men who believe :
th it if t' Jet n,i for a moment the !
; whole world v.ii to smash. Espc- I
| daily was th. so a! tout his own bus I- :
lie;-. When his wife wanted him te
i go to 1 irope for a rest lie said:
inipi ili In get away from the j
office \\ by, if i were to stay away!
fix we,-!:- there's no telling what
ivoul ' hap:>en No, I must be there all
th- time.-
So the;, didn't g • to Europe. In- j
>-tead he got sick, good and sick, too, !
the kind •if sick that (upt him on his
I ick for nearly a monffi and didn't let
biui get back to his desk for still an- !
Other w cek.
The day came for his return to har
ness, and he plunged for the office.
All the way downtown his mind danc
ed with the visions of the wreck of \
business that would greet him. lie
expected to find the staff demoralized, j
the business gone to pieces, the cob- j
webs thick on the order books and an
air of gloom hanging over all which
could be dispelled only by his trlum- !
plial entrance. He fancied himself j
picking the business out of the mire ■
and putting it on its feet again.
But did he? Not quite,
lie entered the office. The boy was
there and looked up at him as though
wondering if the boss were not a lit
tle bit late. The <.it rubbed against
him as she always did. His desk was
opened as usual, and on it was no pile
of mail, the accumulation of all these
weeks. The clerks w ere at their places
as usual In fact, nothing was appar
ent of the a v.-ful disaster that lie hail!
expected; hardly any one seemed to
know that he had been away.
He stopped for a moment, breathless,
and then managed to call one of his
men to him and n k about something.
The man began to tell him what had
been going on. They had been trans
acting business just as though he
had been ther answering mail, fill
ing orders, taking reports from travel
ing men and sending them out again—
in short, the little particular world of
his business had gone on just as
though lie Is d been there all the time.
lie heaved a sigh—a sigh of humil
ity. In fifteen minutes he had tele
phoned hi .. fc to make plans for a
European trip, and that he would ac
company her. Thus do matters make
ii.- see hi.w small wo are. New York
World.
Tree.
"John: y." > -je !*. teacher of the
juvenil c i . " . ... is the difference
bet i < = ic:;y and lightning?"
• >* < •' ",'t : to pay notliin' for
Pf.ii 1 a'." . I.• •i uny. Milwau
k . 112 n.i: :.
There is more < atarrli i nt his sectionof the
ountry than all other diseases ut together
and Until the last few years was supposed to
lie iieuiilili for a re.it many years doctors
pronnui a-d it i lor I<l - as<\ and prescribed
oral remedies, and l.y constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
curable. Science lias proven catarrh to lie a
const it ut ional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional to atineiit. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by I'. .1. Cheney & Co.
Toledo. Ohio, is ihi .HI ly constitutional cure
on tin market. It is taken Internally in
dosi -f i 0111 la dr "ps 11' i ti\i -pnonful. Itacts
direct ly on i In- blood mil mucous surfaces of
he system. The olTcr of one hundred dollars
ir any case || fails tocure. Send for circulars
lad testimonials. Address.
K !. i MKN KV A- (•<Toledo, <57"
Sold l>y 1 iru»i;lst«, price 75c. per l>ottlo
llai 1 112 r iniiiv Pills are the nest
RAILWAY TRAINS.
AN ORD MANCfc' !
To Regulate the Speed, and the
(jiving of Signals of the Ap
proach of Locomotive Engines
and Railroad trains. Through,
and in the liorough of Danville,
Montour County, Pennsylvania
lie it ordained and • naeted by the j
Town Council of the Borough of
Danville in tin County of Montour
ami State of Pennsylvania in Council
assembled and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by the authority of the
same That it shall not be lawful for
any railroad locomotive engine or
engines, car or cars train or trains,
to be run or propelled through any
portion of tin aid Borough of Danville
at a greater rate of speed than eight
miles an hour. Any Railroad Company,
or any employee or employees thereof
who shall violate any of the provisions
of this st tion of this ordinance shall
forfeit and pay a fine of not k<s than
Ten Dollar- nor more than Twenty
Dollars for each and every such
offence.
SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of
every Railroad Company, and of any
employee or employees thereof having
any lot omotive-engine in charge, to
r ing the bell there.if at all times while
passing through or moving ab.int, any
portion of the said Borough of Danville,
and to properly - mud or ~ blow the
whistle thereof upon Tipproaching any
street, alley or other public cussing
within the limits of the Borough of
Danville Any ltailroad Company or
any cmqlovee or employees who shall
j violate any of the provisions of this
j Section of this ordinate - shall forfeit
: and pay a fine ot not less than Ten
i Dollars nor more than Twenty Dollars
! for each and every such offence.
; SECTI< >N All tim -i and penalties,
imposed by any of the provisions of
1 this ordinanci may be sued for, col
lected and rei ivercd before any Justice
of the lYice. 112 tie Borough of Danville,
as debts of like amount and fines and
penalities impo d for Hie violation i
•.f Borough ordinance ire now by
law -i.n.'ctibl. and n iveratde. and
shall b- paid over t • the Treasurer
of tin said Bor.ni ;h for th'- use of
the said Borough
SECTION 4. All oidinatice or pam of
ordinances inconsistent with ii cm
Itaiy i i th)- provision - of this ordinance I
are hereby repeal* 1.
WILI.IAM .1 lit M «EUS.
< 'llief Burge s
( "iincil '■ ieimber
Dauvill-' Pa \n -. 1 lftor.
Ate , i
iIAKKY B PATTON.
Set if The Poroiigh >f IViiii He Pa
112 To Cure a Cold in One Day 1
I Take Laxatsve Bromo Quinine Tablets. £/Vi// I
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REPORT VACATING
RIVER ROAD
|<Ji ntiniud from First !*n
testified as to the location of his laud
! and told what the effect would he on
his property if the river road were
vacated He foresaw a heavy deprecia- '
; tion in value. To this testimony as be- j
fore Mr. Scarlet objected as incom
petent and irrelevant. Mr. Morris,
now seventy years of age, lias known
the road all his life. The fences have
never been carried away by high wat
! c.r, although tlie road has been washed
in holes, which were repaired. People
j in ih«' lower end of town who wish to
! drive down the river, he said, would
he obliged to drive around by Mill
j street, adding thus at least a mile to
the distance.
William A. Shcpperson,another land
owner,was the next witness. His land
■he said, would be valueless and not
| worth the faxes il cut olf as would be
the effect if the river road be vacated,
i This was objected to by Mr. Scarlet.
He, too, was present at the view. Mr.
! Gouger, he said, did not go over the
j entire road. Mr. Sheep went a little
farther, but not all the way.
Both Mr. Sheep and Mr. Gouger
I were at the hearing by request, but
i Mr. Hinckley, who was conducting
i tlie hearing, decided not to call tliem.
'At Mr. Scarlet's request they were
both called to testify, however. Mr.
| Gouger admitted that he was in ill
j health when the view was made and
did not go over the entire road invol
ved, but explained that doubting his
right to sign the report without per
sonally going over the road, on a sub
sequent occasion, with Messrs. Sheep
and Ellis, the two other viewers, he
went practically all over the part of
the road not covered on the view. On
this point he was confirmed by Mr.
Sheep. The memory of both gentlemen
failed them in a few points affecting
the legality of the second view and
tlie cross examination was rigid and
lengthy.
The testimony taken will in all prob
ability bo argued before court next
week.
THE WINDOW CURTAIN.
Originally It Yv u•: For ! •.»' nittl \»»<
!'»p Oriintiicnt.
The real purpose ot' the window cur
tain is to regulate the amount of light
admitted to the room and a curtain so
arranged that it cannot be drawn back
ward and forward at will is but a
meaningless accessory. It was not
until the beginning of the century that
curtains were used without regard to
their practical purpose.
The window hangings of the middle
ages and of the renaissance simply
wore straight pieces of cloth or tapes
try hung across the window without
any attempt at drapery and regarded
not as part of the decorating of the
room, but as a necessary protection
against drafts.
It probably is for this reason that in
old prints and pictures representing the
rooms of wealthy people curtains are
so seldom seen. The better the house
the less need there was for curtains.
In the engravings of Abraham Bosse,
which so faithfully represent the in
terior decoration of every class of
French house during the reign of Louis
X'l it will he noticed that in tlie
rir'.e ; apartments there are 110 win
dow curtains, in all the fiuest rooms
of the vventc:?ntli and eighteenth cen-
Uirie; the inside shutters and embra
sures 112 J lie windows were decorated
with a care which proves that they
wv •• p meant to be concealed by cur
tains. fact, it \v;>uld be more diffi
cult t;> cite a room of any importance
in . e windows were not so treat
<•?' ~.a . .'numerate examples of what
really v.-.- s a universal custom until
th. 1 !x ' i iing of the nineteenth con
it is known, of course, that curtains
we op. •! in former times—prints, pic
tures : ,inventories alike prove the
fae -b"i the care expended in the
decorative treatment of windows
makes •; ;.lain that the curtain, like the
portiere. ■ is regarded as a necessary
evil ratiier than as part of the general
scheme >! decoration. The meagerness
and simplicity (if the curtain in old
pictures prove that they were used
c • v.ii »u' shades or sun blinds.
—l'liil:!' jiliia Ledger.
Consols by th« % I'ennyworlli.
It may not be generally known that
a pennyworth of British consols can
he purchased. Consols are not like
shares, v, hich are Invariably of a cer
tain denomination—£l. £•"», £lO, and so
on—but can he divided up to any ox
tent. It consequently happens that
very small amounts of this lordly stock
are lr>ught t > make up round sums, but
no one (an be registered at the Bank
of England as a holder unless he has
acquired enough to bring him in four
pence a year in dividends, and less
than ±1 vIII purchase a sufficient
amount for that purpose.—London
Saturday ll"view
I'ioft'rrtMl I'riMon.
She—llc.e's an interesting story of a
man who ! \ggod to lie sent to prison
in j dace of his wife. He—Aha! and yet
you alway* declare that men are never
self 112 < riiViiej. She- Well, this man's
wife hap,>e;ic,i to he a washerwoman,
and if si > wilt to prison he'd have to
work. -C ''umbos Pot
—
T)i« k Wp«II»K 1.1 in*.
I A society \v!i!c*lt disseminates moral
' literature un- e sent a railway manager
I 1 lir re 1 umber of free tracts to place
■ in the waiting rooms. One was enti
tled. -A Route to the New Jerusalem."
i The letter which the moral literature
society reeei ' l in reply declined the
tracts. "Wo cannot place the tracts,"
wroie the manager, "as the N J. is not
on our Kvstpn< "
ftlasol /gSTSN,
CATARRH M&h
In all its M fc* j!Ut)§
Ely's Cream BalmV "%/
the cliTfisril numhraiuv
M
away a colli in the heiul
quickly.
<'remit lliilin is placed into tlie nontrils, spreads
over the Tnemhriine ami i* nlworlnil. Helief is iin- '
mediate anil a cure follows. It is not tlryinn—does (
not produce sne«'/.iiig. Large Size, So cents at llru^-
or l>y mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
El V UKOTII Kits, f.O Warren Street. New York '
A Square Deal
Is assured you when you buy I)r. Tierce's
family medicines —for nil the ingredi
ents entering into them are printed on
the bottle-wrappers and their formulas
are attested under oath as being complete
and correct. You know just what you are
paying for aud that the ingredients are
gathered from Nature's laboratory, lieing
selected from the most valuable native
( medicinal roots found growing in our
American potent to curt
are perfmi* to the moot
delicate Nut a (Iron
"1-a.laH '-V'J.r'.' i: -Vj"'"L
A my-hTeU-r Is 1,.-' : IjetbToi .a
un serving tlie lnciin
priniTl,Tc> used ill lii:~
rejln&tl K'veerLne. This agent poshes
Intrinsic meniciiiHi properties of Its own.
being a most valuable antiseptic and anti
ferment, nutritive and soothing demul
cent.
Glycerine plays an important part in
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in
the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia and
weak stomach, attended by sour risings,
heart-burn, foul breath, coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnawing feeling in stom
ach, biliousness and kindred derange
ments of the stomach, liver and bowels.
Besides curing all the above distressing
ailments, the''Golden Medical Discovery "
is a specific for all diseases of the mucous
membranes, as catarrh, whether of tlie
na»ul passages or of the stomach, bow els
or pelvic organs. Even in its ulcerative
stages it will yield to this sovereign rem
edy if its use be persevered in. In Chronic
Catarrh of the Nasal passages, it is well,
while taking the "Golden Mfi'ical Dis
covery " for the necessary constitutional
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three times a day with Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
of treatment generally cures the worst
cases.
111 couglis and hoarseness causer! by bron
chi#!. throat and luinr affections, except con
sumption In Its advanced stkue.s, the "flolden
Medical Discovery" is a niO«t efficient rem
edy, especially In th"«c obstinate, hang-on
coughs caused by irrltat ion and Cbn£< m h m of
the bronchial mucous membranes. The "Jlis"
covory " Is not so good for acute couchs aris
ing from midden Colds, nor must it be ex
pected to cure consumption In lt> advanced
-.tages—no medicine will do that hut for all
the obstinate, chronic coughs, which, if neg
lected. or badly treated, lead up to rensunip
tlon.it tsthu liest medicine that can In tnl.i
Sour
Stomach.
No appetlts, loss of strength, rerrewt
ne*». headache, constipation, bv.l brea.i
general debility, sour risings, s.'.d c&t»-:-'«
of the stomach are all due to Indlg&stiab
Kodol cures Indigestion. This new dlac .- '-
try represents the natural juices ot dig' >
tion as they exist In a healthy stomtu L,
combined with the greatest known tor.J*
and reconstructive properties. Kcdo! D;f •
pepsda Cure does net only cure Indices!'-
and dyspepsia, but this famous ren;* < y
euros ill stomach troubles by e!«an*'> s'
purifying, sweeteidng and atrei>gtheiii»f
th'! mucous membranes lining the 5»
Mr. S. S B»lt. of W. V« . ."i>» -
" ! *;e« 'rouble4 with JCur stoirerh far tej ruit
Sp ! I mred m* and <ro «•-.«/ dtl ir ' '•« «t>i
.'or . "
K What Yoa i'al.
ru.-n'-«s •.T £ .00 Stie haidlr.o 3k t.rjj tfc» pu
k t« «>'••(> -us!l» for 50 Cfc. tt.
<ty .O- iT" AOO , C-r
For Sale ty Punlos A: ('»•
Administratrix Notice.
Estate of Mrs. Sarah K. Hoflniriu, late
of tho Korough of Danville, County
of Montour and state of Pennsyl
vania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary oil the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, in
whom all persons indebted to tlie
estate are requested to make payment
and those having claims or demands
will make known the same wiihout
delay.
ANNIE H. WILLIAMS,
Administratrix.
Administratrix Notice.
Estate of Enoch W Snyder, deceased
late of Liberty township, in the Coun
ty Montonrand State of Pennsx lvania
Letters of administration on ihee tate
of Enoch W. Snyder, late of Lilievty
township. Montour County, l'a-. deceas
ed, have bein granted to Sarah E. Sny
dor, residing in said township, to whom
all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and those
having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay.
SARAHE SNYDER
Adminstratrix
Liberty Township. Montour Co.. Pa .
May s l'.itlti
Executrix Notice.
Estate of Dr. Thomas P. Wintersfeeu,
late of the Borough of Danville,
Penn'a.. deceased.
Notice is hereby given thai Letters
Testamentary on the al>ovi • tate have
been granted to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make pauneut
and those having clainis or demands
will make known the same without
delay.
MINNIE L. WINTKi: Tl i.X.
Ksi-ciitrix.
lixecntrix Notice.
Estate of William Secliler, late of
Derry Township, Montour county,
Penn'a., deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letter*
Testainontary on tlie above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, to'
whom all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands
will make known the same without
delay.
ELIZABETH SECIILKR,
Executrix.
Address,
K. F D. No. I,Strawberry ltidge, l'a.
Windsor Hotel"
Between Pit hand !:!thSt< on Filbert st
Philadelphia. Pa.
Three minute* walk l'toiii the Read
ing Terminal Five minutes walk from
the Penn.i. R R. Depot
EUtfOPRAN PLAN
Jil.OO per day and upwards
A Ml: PIC \iN 1 i \N
•i : (Ml per div.
FRANK V!
aiiag -r
H-l 1' A N S I at»ul< -
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
The .Veenf packet is enough lot iisua
occasions The family bottle cents)
contains a supply for a v< :ir All dtu.-
gist <